Why am I doing this?

I was standing over a dirty toilet, scrubbing it. Then, I began to ask myself some questions: "Why am I cleaning up after other people for a living? Why did God allow me to have such a dirty job?" As I meditated on these questions, the Lord began to reveal some things to me...... People get into a lot of dirty stuff (sin), and people sometimes make a mess of things. God wants all of us to aid people and show them how to get cleaned up, with His help. Let's read I Corinthians 1:26-27. "For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise." Your job may also seem foolish sometimes, but God can still use you for His purpose. After all, He is the one Who called you.

The big green

There it was: green, rolled up, and sitting all by itself. "Who would know anyway?" I said to myself. "The person that owned the ten dollar bill probably doesn't even know where they dropped it." As I picked it up, something inside of me (the Holy Spirit) kept saying, "Tell someone that you found it! Do the right thing!" So I did. Wow! What a release. Ephesians 6:5-7 tells us, "Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; not with eye service, as men pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not to men." Something to remember: others don't always know that we are doing, but God always knows.

Receiving and doing

James 1:21, 22 reads, "Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow (abundance) of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted Word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves." First of all, we are to lay aside the garbage in our lives. Then, we are to receive the implanted Word with humility. But we don't just stay there, receiving the implanted Word and getting fat. We have to exercise our faith. We should take what we have learned and apply it to our lives. We must also share it with others; being a doer of the Word.

Fall face down

My friend Steve once told me, "You either start your day on your knees, or you will end your day on your knees asking God for His forgiveness." Psalm 145:14 says: "The Lord upholds all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down." If we fall, and we will fall; it's better to fall face down in complete surrender to God. It is God who will lift us up. When we humble ourselves to Him and bow our hearts and lives to Him, He will never turn us away.

How can you do all of this?

This was a question that I was asked one day at work. I responded, "You have to just get in there and do it!" As I thought about the question, God spoke to my heart. I found that the answer should have been, "I can't, but I can!" I can't do any seemingly impossible job on my own. But I can pray for God's help, pray for people and pray for my workplace. Philippians 4:13 puts it this way: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." This verse doesn't say, 'I can do all things by myself' either. It is through Christ. Jesus is the vehicle that we are to use to get things done!